TORONTO, July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Tucows Inc. (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) a
global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, announced
today the preliminary results of its modified Dutch auction tender offer,
which expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 9, 2009. Tucows
expects to purchase 1,115,000 shares of its Common Stock at a purchase price
of $0.45 per share, for a total of $501,750. The 1,115,000 shares expected to
be purchased are comprised of the 1,000,000 share Tucows offered to purchase
and 115,000 shares to be purchased pursuant to Tucows right to purchase up to
an additional 2% of the shares outstanding immediately prior to the
commencement of the tender offer. Due to oversubscription, Tucows expects the
final proration factor for shares tendered at or below $0.45 per share to be
approximately 99.8%. For this purpose, shares tendered at or below $0.45 per
share will include shares tendered by those persons who indicated, in their
letter of transmittal, that they are willing to accept the price determined in
the offer. All shares purchased in the tender offer will receive the same
price.
The price per share and the proration factor are preliminary and subject to
verification by StockTrans, Inc., the depositary for the tender offer. The
actual price per share and the proration factor will be announced promptly
following completion of the verification process. After the determination of
the actual price per share and the proration factor, the depositary will issue
payment for the shares accepted under the tender offer and return all shares
not accepted.
Tucows commenced the tender offer on May 26, 2009, when it offered to purchase
up to 4,000,000 shares of its Common Stock at a price between $0.36 and $0.45
per share, net to the seller in cash, without interest. On June 24, the
Company reduced the amount of Common Stock that it was offering to repurchase
under the offer to 1,000,000 shares and extended the offer to July 9, 2009.
As a result of the completion of the tender offer, Tucows expects to have
67,742,321 shares issued and outstanding as of the time immediately following
payment for the tendered shares.
About Tucows
Tucows is a global Internet services company. OpenSRS manages over 8 million
domain names and millions of email boxes through a reseller network of over
9,000 web hosts and ISPs. Hover is the easiest way for individuals and small
businesses to manage their domain names and email addresses. YummyNames owns
premium domain names that generate revenue through advertising or resale.
Butterscotch.com is an online video network building on the foundation of
Tucows.com. More information can be found at http://tucowsinc.com.
This news release contains, in addition to historical information,
forward-looking statements relating to the price per share at which Tucows
will purchase shares, the proration factor and the repurchase of additional
shares of Tucows common stock. Such statements are based on management's
current expectations and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks,
which could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in
the forward-looking statements. Information about potential factors that could
affect Tucows' business, results of operations and financial condition is
included in the Risk Factors sections of Tucows' filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements included in this
document are based on information available to Tucows as of the date of this
document, and Tucows assumes no obligation to update such forward-looking
statements.
TUCOWS is a registered trademark of Tucows Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other
trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners.
SOURCE Tucows Inc.
Lawrence Chamberlain, The Equicom Group for Tucows Inc., (416) 815-0700 ext.
257, lchamberlain@equicomgroup.com
